Combined shade and curtain bracket.



E. FRANKE. COMBINED SHADE AND CURTAIN BRACKET.

AEPLlCATION FILED MAR. 3, I915.

Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

avwewtoz qwmeooeo EMIL FRANKE, 0]? LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK.

COMBINED SHADE AND CURTAIN BRACKET.

' Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

Application filed March 3, 1915. Serial No. 11,763.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EMIL FRANKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Long Island City, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Combined Shade and Curtain Brackets, of which the following is a specification. V

This invention relates to combined shade and curtain brackets and it consists in the novel features hereinafter described and claimed. 7

An object of the invention is toprovide a bracket of the character indicated which is of simple and durable structure and which may be easily and quickly manipulated for the purpose of supporting a shade and shade roller and curtain and curtain pole at the upper portion of a window frame.

The parts of the bracket are so arranged that when the shade and curtain are supported from the same the upper portion of the curtain conceals the shade roller from view and the curtain pole is so held by the bracket as .to reduce to a minimum the possibility of the pole being dislodged from the bracket when a pulling strain in a downward direction is exerted upon the curtain.

In the accompanying drawing :Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bracket. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a detailed perspective view of part of the bracket.

The bracket structure includes a plate 1 having an intermediate depressed portion 2 provided with perforations 3 through which screws or other suitable securing devices (not shown) may be passed for the purpose of securing the plate to the frame of a window. When the saidplate is secured in position upon a window frame the edge portions thereof are spaced from the sides of the frame.

The bracket structure also includes an arm 5 which is preferably formed from sheet metal. The arm 5 is provided at oneend with a laterally disposed flange 6 which at its upper edge is provided with a returned bend 7. The said bend 7 is spaced at its inner surface from the adjacent surface of the body portion of the flange 6 and the upper edge portion 4 of the plate 1 is adapted to be received in the said space. The flange 6 is provided with a laterally disposed section 8 which is located adjacent the edge of the arms 5. The section 8 .is provided with a bolt opening 9. The arm 5 is pro vided at a point between its ends withan opening 10 of usual form and each opening 10 is adapted to receive one of the gudgeons of a shade roller.

The section 8 is continued into an underlying section 11 having an opening which registers with the opening 9. The section 11 is provided with a flange 13 having at one of its edges a returned bend 16. The inner surface of the returned bend 16 is spaced from the adjacent surface of the fiange13 and the lower edge portion 4 of the plate 1 is-received in the said space. A bolt 17 is passed through the openings in the sections 8 and 11 and is secured by means of a nut 18 which bears at its lower face against the upper surface of the section 8.

It is apparent that when the edge portions 4 of the plate 1 are received in the s aces between the returned bend portions and 16 and the adjacent parts. which support the same and prior to tightening the bolt 17 in the nut 18 the arm 5 may be shifted along the plate 1 to any desired point. When the arm 5 is at a desired point upon the said plate it is secured by tightening the bolt 17 in the nut 18 which draws the sections 8 and 11 toward each other and consequently the edge portions 4 of the plate 1 are clamped between the returned bend portions 7 and 16 of the bracket structure.

The arm 5 is provided at that end other than the end at which the flange 6 is located with a recess 19. The said recess is located at a higher point upon the arm 5 than the opening 10. The side edges of the recess 19 are upwardly and rearwardly inclined and the recess 19 is adapted to receive a curtain pole. The forward edge of the recess 19 extends slightly above the upper portion of the curtain pole when the same is in position 1 in the recess and consequently the said forward edge of the recess serves as means to prevent the pole from becoming dislodged from the recess in the event that the curtain which is carried by the pole is subjected to a downward pull. Furthermore the location of the recess 19 with respect to the opening 10 is such that when the curtain and curtain pole are supported from the bracket the curtain conceals the roller of the shade which is journaled in the opening 10.

From the above description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing it will be observed that a combined bracket adapted to be used for supporting the curtain and shade is provided and the structure of the said bracket is simple and durable and may be'readily adjusted upon the frame of a window to which the plateis attached for the purpose of accommodating shade rollers of different lengths and for effectually holding the said rollers while in position. Having described the invention what is claimed is I 1. A bracket structure comprising a plate, an arm having a laterally disposed flange provided with a returned bend, plate sections one of which is continued from the said flange, the other section having a flange provided with a returned bend,'the said returned bend portions adapted to receive the edges of-the plate between them and means for drawing the sections toward each. other.

2.. A bracket structure comprising a plate having ofiset edge portions, an arm having a laterally disposed flange provided with a return bend, plate sections one Oif which is In testimon whereof I afiix my signature. 35

in presence of two witnesses.

Eli ill) FRANKIE. "Witnesses:

M. E. LAUGHLIN, Gno. A, BYRNE. 

